Tec Diving with pura vida divers
Pura Vida Divers is your one-stop shop for all your South Florida Technical Diving needs. We are a PADI DSAT Tech Center located on Singer Island in beautiful Palm Beach County. In addition to our Tec Courses, we offer Tec Fills, Tec Charters, and Tec Equipment for Purchase, and Tec Gear Rentals. Moreover, we offer a chance to see amazing reefs and wrecks in a warm, tropical environment. Come dive with us and experience the best Florida can offer.
TEC CAREER PROGRAMS
Pura Vida Divers offers 2 Technical Diving Career Programs. These include Tec 40 Plus and Tec Deep (Tec 45 + 50). Like our other Career Programs, they are eligible for Veterans Benefits through the GI BILL®. Read more about them below!
Tec 40 Plus
Tec 40 Plus
The Tec 40 Plus program is the first step in technical dive training. This program includes the PADI Tec 40 course, which bridges the gap between recreational diving and technical diving. It also includes a technical gear package for use during the course, that will also prepare dives for further technical training should they continue with more technical diving after this course. This level can be entered at any point once meeting the entry requirements.
Prerequisites
To begin the Tec Deep Program, students must meet the requirements below:
- At least 18 years old
- Certified as a PADI Rescue Diver and PADI Enriched Air Diver (or equivalent)
- Proof of a minimum of 100 logged dives. Of these dives:
- 20 must be on EANx deeper than 60ft
- 15 must be deeper than 100ft
- Complete a PADI Diving Medical Statement signed by a doctor (MD or DO) and dated within the previous 12 months
- Have Diving Accident Insurance (Divers Alert Network Insurance is recommended)
Dive professional career level 4
Tec 45 + 50
The Tec Deep Program includes PADI Tec 45 and Tec 50 Courses. Once completed, divers will be trained to dive using decompression gases up to 100% O2, and will be able to dive to a maximum depth of 165ft.
Prerequisites
To begin the Tec Deep Program, students must meet the requirements below:
- At least 18 years old
- Certified as a PADI Tec 40 Dver, PADI Rescue Diver and PADI Enriched Air Diver (or equivalent)
- Proof of a minimum of 100 logged dives. Of these dives:
- 20 must be on EANx deeper than 60ft
- 15 must be deeper than 100ft
- Complete a PADI Diving Medical Statement signed by a doctor (MD or DO) and dated within the previous 12 months
- Have Diving Accident Insurance (Divers Alert Network Insurance is recommended)
Tec Career Program 1-Sheets
Tec 40 Plus Program
Tec Deep (PADI Tec 45 & 50)
A-La-Carte technical courses
technical dive sites
Palm Beach is home to many reefs and wrecks that qualify as Technical Dive Sites. In addition to being perfect for training, many of these sites are frequented by pelagic creatures like bull sharks, lemon sharks, and large schools of predatory fish (jacks, bonita, etc). Furthermore, our long reef systems (60ft range) allow for long Rebreather dives with minimal decompression obligations. When you enroll in our Tec Courses or Professional Programs, you’ll enjoy diving on some of our most popular sites such as Playground, Hole in the Wall, and Korimu. Our Technical Dive Sites page will tell you all you need to know about these sites and others you’ll visit when you train at Pura Vida Divers.
